{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000461",
 "municipality": "Viking",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.viking.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw 674-2026",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.viking.ca/public/download/files/350410",
   "summary": "Regulates the control, licensing, and keeping of animals within the Town of Viking (2026 current version).",
   "capture_sha256": "8c754cec57d365950ff6f21e7ea0487d5f54f289bf40e9ecae4403f37165b3f9",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8c754cec57d365950ff6f21e7ea0487d5f54f289bf40e9ecae4403f37165b3f9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00 neutered; $35.00 unaltered; $750.00 vicious; $5.00 replacement",
    "leash_rule": "Leash max 1.5m, sufficient strength, held by person able to restrain or tied to stationary object.",
    "max_animals": "4 pets; max 3 dogs",
    "fine_range": "$100; $200; $250; $500; $1000; $2500; Double"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 4.2",
    "max_animals": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/viking/animal-control/text-8c754cec57d3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/viking/animal-control/"
}